Modified 997s

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lemmingjames said:

Have you tracked it yet with the ducktail on?

A friend of mine has a 997 Gt3 and has seen my6.2 GT3 with ducktail and wants one now but weve been talking about the aero and handling with a ducktail on (neither of us are engineers so its all pub talk sort of thing). But just wondered if you had any bum seat time to compare?

I have tracked it three times since completion, all at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi. To be honest and as Steve said I felt no difference at all. I think the point above about being on a super higher speed corner then would likely want it but on tracks like Yas and many others I don't think the corners are fast enough to generate enough aero downforce. Ironically it is in the corners where I am able to make the gains against the newer more powerful 991 GT3s and the car feels totally planted. No plans to put the wing back on

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Harris_I said:

I agree. The difference will be marginal.

That said, any differences can be felt at turn 4 of the Dubai Autodrome (which is what the instructors call Porsche Corner because of all the Porsches that crash there) and turns 2 and 3 of Yas Marina. But you would have to be right on the ragged edge.

Yes you are absolutely right. Turn 2 and 3 at Yas (up that fast sweeping hill left then right for those not familiar) could well make a difference. I do push pretty hard up through there but a wing might well help, difficult to know unless back to back test.

I haven't done the autodrome yet, but when I do I will remember your Turn 4 warning

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A few final pics on track last time out. A big thank you to the mystery photographer whoever you are!

Edited by M32GER on Friday 18th May 16:53

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Paracetamol said:

Hi.our cars were room mates at Prestige. They did an awesome job on your car (and mine too!).

My car is now at JZM being finished up. Glad to see the end result of yours..looks awesome.

Hi wow awesome small world!! I spent considerable time admiring yours. Amazing paint job and one of the rare ones with the oil fill cap on the outside! Do you have any pics of the finished car, would be great to see.

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And one last thank you all for the kind words.
Appreciate it.
Best
Peter

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This is a good friend of mine's 2005 997.1 C2. He went even more retro and I think looks amazing. Was a parallel build to mine so some shared inspiration although his is far more comfortable day to day ; )

This was his base car the day he got it last summer:

Edited by M32GER on Friday 1st June 22:42

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Was stripped down

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And became this

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Hi John, sorry for the slow reply, I haven't logged in for a while now. The ducktail came from design911, its fibreglass and about 700 pounds plus then painting and fitting. I also chose to have the rear brake light area filled in before painting as prefer the cleaner look. Bolts right on but then need to have the error code for the removal of the aero spoiler reprogrammed. Its easy for the C2 as ready to fit but was a mission to fit onto a GT3 as the Mezger engine has different layout of fans and intake so required a lot of fabricating.

PS looked up your car, very nice! Love the colour combo

PPS I have since made some additions to my car so will take some pictures soon and upload, essentially though:

- 19” BBS E88’s track wheels with 9” fronts and 12” rears
- Brembo GT Big Brake Kit 380mm front and rear
- Guards Pro Differential (finally arrived after almost a year of being messed around)
- painting of the wiper cowling in body colour and modification to allow full movement of the wiper arm
- additional sensors for brake temp, transmission oil temp, oil temp etc feeding to custom gauges programmed into the stereo head unit
- reinstallation of factory carpet set and sound proofing (was just too loud for the road with the lightweight set)